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TETRA Project: Part 3 – The architecture behind the application

How does a summer project by five students end up with an architecture that mimics what Netflix or Uber might...

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TETRA Project: Part 2 – What the application actually does

Imagine a small company running a "Cybersecurity Week" for its staff. On Monday morning, every employee receives a notification. They...

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TETRA Project: Part 1 – Students building a real product

Student projects often end up in a desk drawer, never to be used again. But in the summer of 2025,...

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Crossing Borders for a Sustainable Future: A COIL Lecture Between VAMK and Kauno Kolegija

Few weeks back, students from Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (VAMK) and Kauno Kolegija University of Applied Sciences came together...

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Home Heating in Finland and in the UK: Lessons in Efficiency, Design, and Energy Flexibility

Both Finland and the United Kingdom face cold winters, yet their home heating approaches differ profoundly. In Finland, decades of...

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Encounters, concrete progress and development steps in Prague

The APPROACH project workshop in Prague brought together experts and young researchers to strengthen collaboration and refine training content in...

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Hardening A Web Server Infrastructure: How a Layered Approach to Web Server Security Prevents Modern Cyber Attacks

In a world increasingly reliant on digital services, web servers have become attractive and frequent targets for cybercriminals. Yet many...

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Integrating compression and encryption into a modular system to maximize storage efficiency and robust data security

In today’s era of big data, both organizations and individuals generate a vast amount of information. Some information is public,...

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Community-Based Reservation Application: Enhancing Social Interaction Through Technology

As technology continues to evolve and become more widely adopted, an increasing number of people are using digital devices such...

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Microfinance as a Catalyst for Women’s Empowerment in Developing Countries

Introduction The population o f developing nations struggles with prolonged issues, which include gender-based financial isolation and societal differences, and...